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* [ptxdist] [PATCH] doc: getting help: update IRC info and add Matrix too
@ 2021-06-16 14:14 Roland Hieber
  2021-06-16 16:00 ` Alexander Dahl
  2021-06-29  5:09 ` [ptxdist] [APPLIED] " Michael Olbrich
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Roland Hieber @ 2021-06-16 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ptxdist; +Cc: Roland Hieber

We moved the IRC channel to Libera.Chat after the takeover and the
successive reboot of Freenode under new owners, and since the recent
database purge at Freenode, we no longer have control over the old
channel.

Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/857140/
Link: https://libera.chat/news/welcome-to-libera-chat
Link: https://www.devever.net/~hl/freenode_suicide
Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
 doc/getting_help.rst | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/getting_help.rst b/doc/getting_help.rst
index a4ea4b3bb8b5..2983618c3bb0 100644
--- a/doc/getting_help.rst
+++ b/doc/getting_help.rst
@@ -31,16 +31,17 @@ online version can be read here:
 
 http://www.kroah.com/lkn/
 
-Chat/IRC
---------
+Chat: IRC and Matrix
+--------------------
 
-About PTXdist in particular
+Some of the PTXdist development community is active on IRC.
+Create a connection to the server ``irc.libera.chat`` on port 6697 (TLS) or
+6667 (plain text) and enter the chatroom ``#ptxdist``.
 
-**irc.freenode.net:6667**
+The same room is also bridged to Matrix at ``#ptxdist:matrix.org``.
 
-Create a connection to the ``irc.freenode.net:6667`` server and enter
-the chatroom ``#ptxdist``. This is an English room to answer questions
-about PTXdist. Best time to meet somebody there is at European daytime.
+This is an English room to answer questions about PTXdist.
+Best time to meet somebody there is at European daytime.
 
 Commercial Support
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